This series is designed to provide a practical yet comprehensive review of gastrointestinal and soft tissue pathology with an emphasis on microscopy. A strategic approach to diagnosis, differential diagnosis, pearls and pitfalls in gastrointestinal and soft tissue pathology will be addressed through didactic lectures and correlating microscopic case reviews.

Target Audience

This CME activity is primarily intended and designed to educate pathologists

Educational Objectives

At the completion of this CME teaching activity, you should be able to:

– Recognize the major diagnostic pitfalls in the diagnosis of Barrett’s esophagus and Barrett’s-related dysplasia.

– Describe the evolution of diagnostic immunohistochemistry for soft tissue tumors.

– Identify some of the major diagnostic issues in the most common colorectal polyps, including serrated polyps.

– Describe the most recent diagnostic challenges in diagnosing and reporting colorectal polyps.

– Discuss the most common benign and malignant well-differentiated lipomatous tumor.

– Differentiate gastroesophageal reflux disease from other types of esophageal injury.

Program

– Controversies in the Diagnosis of Barrett’s Esophagus and Barrett’s-Related Dysplasia .

– Microscopy – Esophageal Pathology: With a Focus on Barrett’s Esophagus and Barrett’s-Related Dysplasia .

– Nomenclature of Colorectal Polyps: Controversies and Confusion

– Microscopy – Colorectal Polyps: Basic Issues Including Controversies in Nomenclature

– The Trouble with Fat: Diagnostic Issues with Well-Differentiated Lipomatous Tumors.

– Microscopy – Well-Differentiated Lipomatous Tumors

– A Practical Approach to Mesenchymal Tumors of the GI Tract

– Microscopy – Gastrointestinal Mesenchymal Tumors

– Common Morphologic Patterns in Soft Tissue Tumors

– Fibrohistiocytic Tumors of Soft Tissue with a Focus on Fibrohistiocytic Tumors of Intermediate Malignancy

– Inflammatory Bowel Disease and IBD-related Dysplasia: One Pathologist’s Perspective

CME Release Date 7/14/2022

CME Expiration Date 7/14/2025